SAMI CHADI
Sami Chadi is a Colorectal Surgeon in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General Hospital. He is the Gastrointestinal site lead responsible for establishment of institutional disease-treatment guidelines and treatment policies such as national guidelines in the use of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy. His clinical and research practice focuses on colorectal surgical oncology in both optimizing outcomes in minimally invasive surgical techniques and organ preservation, as well as improving post-operative and long-term functional outcomes.
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Wednesday, September 04, 2025
• Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall
08:00-10:00
SESSION: CHALLENGES IN RECTAL CANCER
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
TNT for organ preservation always
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
Debater: Carlos Frederico Sparapan Marques (SP)
Debater: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
TNT for organ preservation always
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
10:30-12:00
SESSION: LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER
Lateral pelvic lymphadenectomy: decisions and technique after chemo and radiotherapy
rmT4a Rectal cancer: neoadjuvant therapy or surgery?
Rectal amputation: mesh, flap or primary closure?
Robotic multivisceral resection?
Radiotherapy: when can't it be missed and when can we omit it?
Discussion
Moderator: Carlos Augusto Real Martinez (SP)
Debater: Caio Sergio R. Nahas (SP)
Debater: Marleny Novaes Figueiredo de Araujo (RJ)
Lateral pelvic lymphadenectomy: decisions and technique after chemo and radiotherapy
Speaker: Tsuyoshi Konishi (online) (United States)
rmT4a Rectal cancer: neoadjuvant therapy or surgery?
Speaker: Ian Jenkins (United Kingdom)
Rectal amputation: mesh, flap or primary closure?
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Robotic multivisceral resection?
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Radiotherapy: when can't it be missed and when can we omit it?
Speaker: ícaro Thiago de Carvalho (SP)
Discussion
16:00-18:00
SURGERY WORKSHOP: COLORECTAL ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY
Surgery Workshop (7 min Video X 3 min Discussion)
Complete mesocolon excision
Robotic transanal local resection
Transanal total mesorectal excision: alive and breathing
Robotic approach to multivisceral and exenterative resections
Robotic bowel transit reconstruction
Video-assisted total mesorectal excision: systematization
Inferior mesenteric vein preservation in left colectomy
NOSE (Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction)
Do we need indocyanine green before anastomoses?
Robotic total mesorectal excision
Adjourn & Announcements
Surgery Workshop (7 min Video X 3 min Discussion)
Moderator: Daniel de Barcellos Azambuja (RS)
Debater: Marleny Novaes Figueiredo de Araujo (RJ)
Debater: José Alfredo dos Reis Júnior (SP)
Complete mesocolon excision
Speaker: Willem Bemelman (Netherlands)
Robotic transanal local resection
Transanal total mesorectal excision: alive and breathing
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Robotic approach to multivisceral and exenterative resections
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Robotic bowel transit reconstruction
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Video-assisted total mesorectal excision: systematization
Speaker: Luis Chiroque-benites (Peru)
Inferior mesenteric vein preservation in left colectomy
Speaker: Armando Geraldo Franchini Melani (RJ)
NOSE (Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction)
Speaker: Gustavo Becker Pereira (SC)
Do we need indocyanine green before anastomoses?
Speaker: Ian Jenkins (United Kingdom)
Robotic total mesorectal excision
Speaker: Luis Gustavo Capochin Romagnolo (SP)
Adjourn & Announcements
Presenter: Daniel de Barcellos Azambuja (RS)
Friday, September 05, 2025
• WTC Theater
14:00-15:30
SESSION: DIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULITIS
Approach to diverticulitis in young people: what changes?
Recurrent Diverticulitis: How Long Should We Wait?
My Option for Elective Surgical Treatment
Techniques and impact of interventional medicine in the management of complicated diverticulitis
The role of primary anastomosis in emergency surgery
Laparoscopic drainage: how to do it and when not to do it?
Discussion
Moderator: Gustavo Seva Pereira (SP)
Debater: Euler de Medeiros Azaro Filho (BA)
Approach to diverticulitis in young people: what changes?
Speaker: Joaquim Jose Oliveira Filho (SP)
Recurrent Diverticulitis: How Long Should We Wait?
Speaker: Rocco Ricciardi (United States)
My Option for Elective Surgical Treatment
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Techniques and impact of interventional medicine in the management of complicated diverticulitis
The role of primary anastomosis in emergency surgery
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Laparoscopic drainage: how to do it and when not to do it?
Speaker: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Discussion
Monday, September 06, 2025
• Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall
13:30-15:00
SESSION: CONTROVERSIES IN COLON CANCER
Clinical Case Presentation: Right-Sided Colon Cancer
Do we know the difference between D2 and D3 dissection in practice?
Extended lymphadenectomy is the new gold standard
Extended lymphadenectomy in video-assisted right colectomy
Robotic approach to T4 tumors
Discussion
Debater: Nicolas Rotholtz (Argentina)
Debater: Mauricio Jose de Matos e Silva (PE)
Clinical Case Presentation: Right-Sided Colon Cancer
Speaker: Juan Carlos Patron Uriburu (Argentina)
Do we know the difference between D2 and D3 dissection in practice?
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Extended lymphadenectomy is the new gold standard
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Extended lymphadenectomy in video-assisted right colectomy
Speaker: Luis Gustavo Capochin Romagnolo (SP)
Robotic approach to T4 tumors
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Discussion
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